scholarly journals Creativity, knowledge and school achievement

2004 ◽  
pp. 85-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavica Maksic ◽  
Mirosava Djurisic-Bojanovic
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
School Context ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
School Subject ◽  
And Behavior

In the process of education the knowledge is acquired which is a necessary base for creativity. The problem of relations between creativity and knowledge in school context is posed as a problem of relations between creativity and academic performance due to the influence it has on personal and professional development of an individual. The paper presents the results of survey on relations between creativity, academic performance and academic preferences. Creativity was measured by the test for creative thinking - drawing production of Urban and Jellen, academic performance by general achievement, and academic preferences by a questionnaire. The sample comprised final primary school graders. Low and statistically significant positive correlation was found between creativity and school achievement in the sub-sample of girls. However, girls have a significantly better school achievement and prefer art as a school subject and the test administered demands visual art expression. Hence, it can not be claimed for sure that the obtained results reflect realistic differences in creativity between boys and girls. It is of vital importance for work in school the data that high creativity can be possessed by students who are failures at school. It has been concluded that initial step in the acquisition of knowledge that will contribute to student creative thinking and behavior is the development of cognitive flexibility.

English and Xhosa as Media of Instruction and Academic Performance of Pupils Whose Mother Tongue is Xhosa

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Muyangwa ◽  
W. N. Mvakade
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Better Than

To study the relative effects of English and Xhosa as media of instruction on the academic performance of pupils whose mother tongue is Xhosa, 34 girls from among 60 doing Needlework and Clothing as a Standard Seven school subject were selected randomly. The girls were 15 to 17 years old. They were divided into equal groups of 17 on a random basis. Those who were taught in their mother tongue (Xhosa) performed significantly better than those taught in English.

scholarly journals Linkage between interests and verbal fluency of primary school pupils

Psihologija ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavica Maksic ◽  
Lazar Tenjovic
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Basic Characteristic ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Primary School Pupils

The incentive for studying the linkage between interests and creativity is based on the results of biographical studies that indicate that highly creative individuals had wider and more intensive interests than their peers already in the period of childhood. In the process of defining interests, the child tests his/her capacities and discovers the domain in which he/she will later provide creative contributions. The subject of this paper is the linkage between interests of primary school pupils and their verbal fluency, as basic characteristic of creative thinking. It was determined that the wideness of the span of interests is positively correlated with verbal fluency, whereby the correlation between interests and verbal fluency is somewhat higher for boys (r= 0.33, p = .007) than for girls (r = 0.24, p = .030). Also, the intensity of scientific interest of boys and girls is significantly correlated with their verbal fluency (for boys: = 0.39; for girls: r=0.35). But, when school achievement is statistically controlled, the correlation between the intensity of scientific interests and verbal fluency remains significant for boys, while it disappears for girls. It was concluded that the results confirmed the theoretical assumptions about the importance of interest in creativity and pointed out to the need for paying attention to the effect of gender. Besides the span and intensity of interests, the domain in which interests are manifested and creativity is measured is also important for the linkage with creativity.

scholarly journals A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (47) ◽  
pp. 11543-11551
Author(s):  
Uma Sharma ◽  
Suraksha Bansal
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Educational Data Mining ◽  
Environment Pollution ◽  
Predicting Student Performance ◽  
Parental Family ◽  
And Behavior

The academic performance of student is influenced by several factors. Studies have been conducted in the field of educational data mining to find out what all the factors are that have an effect on a student's academic performance. There are many factors that can have an effect on a student's academic success, but our study aims to find the main factors that can have an effect on a student's academic performance. Predicting student performance becomes more difficult due to the large volume of information in academic databases. The responsibility of the teacher increases, she must be attentive to the activities and behavior of the student. To facilitate the work of a teacher, this study attempted to identify some factors that affect the academic performance of students. Our study could bring benefits and impacts to students, educators/teachers, and tutoring institutions. The factors investigated in this study are: student base knowledge, socio-economic status, college/school environment, environment pollution, teachers’ support, parental/family support, friend circle and health.

scholarly journals Relationship between Creative Thinking and Students Academic Performance in English Language and Mathematics: The Moderating Role of Gender

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Mahama, Inuusah ◽  
Kwaw, Regine ◽  
Mensah, Kwame Jonathan ◽  
Acheampong, Ebenezer ◽  
Marfo, Richard
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language And Mathematics ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Aims: This study sought to explore the moderating role of gender in the relationship between creative thinking and academic performance in English Language and Mathematics among Junior High School students in the Aboom Circuit, Cape Coast. Study Design: The design for the study is correlational espousing the quantitative approach. The study was guided by two research hypotheses, which were tested using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and Andrew F. Hayes Moderation Process. The instruments for the data collection were Kumar, Kemmler and Holman (1997) Creativity Styles Questionnaire-Revised (CSQ-R) and standardised-type test developed by experts in the various subject areas. Results: The study revealed significant relationship between creative thinking and academic performance of students (English Language: r=.432, n=140, p=0.05, p=.003, 2-tailed; Mathematics: r=.401, n=140 p=0.05, p=0.000, 2-talied). The study further revealed that gender moderated significantly in the relationship between creativity and academic performance (English Language: b=-.276, t=-2.398, CI= -.485, -.088; Mathematics: b=-.300, t=-2.198, CI= -.564, -.070). As such, male respondents had higher creative thinking effect in English Language and Mathematics than female respondents (b=.371, t=4.608, CI [.212, .530; b=.219, t=2.286, CI [.030, .407]). Conclusion: Creative thinking indeed relates to performance, as such, it was recommended  that creative thinking should be nurtured among all students in J.H.S. In addition, stakeholders in education should consider including creative thinking in the curriculum and pay special attention to nurturing creative think in female students so that they could match up with their male counterparts.

scholarly journals The Value of Ho Chi Minh's Ideology, Morality and Style to the Vietnamese Nation Today

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Le Trung Kien
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
National Unity ◽  
International Solidarity ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
History Of ◽  
Flexible Behavior ◽  
And Behavior

This article aims to clarify the basic contents of leader Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style that are valuable to the Vietnamese nation. In fact, Vietnam has been proving the miraculous vitality of Ho Chi Minh's ideology on the path and goals of national development, on the strategy of great national unity and international solidarity, innovative thinking, culture and humanities. His moral example and views on revolutionary ethical standards and ethical practice principles are the red thread throughout the progress of progressive and civilized human development. His style is extremely lively, natural, unique, attractive, magical in daily activities and behavior, which is shown as independent, self-directed and creative thinking style; scientific, democratic and mass working style; modest, polite, sincere, warm, natural and flexible behavior style; simple, clean, moderate, moderate living style. These legacies form a consistent whole in Ho Chi Minh's people, have deep scientific, theoretical and practical values ​​in terms of ethics and aesthetics, consistent with the history of the Vietnamese nation and the development trend of mankind.

scholarly journals EXAMINING HOW POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS INFLUENCE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

2020 ◽  
pp. 255-267
Author(s):  
Sonya Yakimova ◽  
◽  
Célia Maintenant ◽  
Anne Taillandier-Schmitt ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
School Context ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
French Version ◽  
The Impact

Few studies have examined the impact of emotions on cognitive (not only academic) performance among adolescents and this is the objective of our research. After ethic committee agreement andparents’ authorization, we asked 158 adolescents in secondary schools to respond to the French version of Differential Emotion Scale adapted for school context and to nineteensyllogisms which evaluated cognitive nonacademic performances. As results, we expected that negative emotions related to academic achievement would reduce performance in reasoning and positive emotions would improve it. Our hypotheses were partially validated. The impacts of the results as well as perspectives of future researches in relation with self-esteem, psychological disengagement, dropping out of school were discussed.

scholarly journals Relationship between Volitional Regulation and Academic Achievements in University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
V.N. Shlyapnikov
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
University Students ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Action Control ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

The paper presents results of a study on the relationship between the features of volitional regulation and academic performance in university students of different years and areas of training.The study compared students (year 1 to 4) of ‘Psychology’ (n=133) and ‘State and Municipal Administration’ (n=201) programmes.The following methods were used: the Action Control Scale by J.Kuhl; the questionnaire for revealing the expression of self-control in the emotional sphere, activity and behavior (developed by G.S.Nikiforov, V.K.Vasilyev and S.V.Virsov); the Dembo-Rubinstein self-esteem scale (modified by V.A.Ivannikov and E.V. Eidman, 1990); the Purpose in Life Test (by D.A.Leontiev).The arithmetic mean of all examination marks received by the student during the current academic year was used as an indicator of academic performance.It is shown that in junior students of the management programme the indicator of academic performance positively correlates with the indicators of the Action Control Scale (p <0.01), the Purpose in Life Test (p <0.01) and behavioral self-control (p <0.01), whereas in students of the psychology programme it positively correlates with indicators of the Purpose in Life Test (p <0.01) and social self-control (p <0.01).No significant correlations were found in senior students.The results obtained in the study allow us to draw some conclusions about the contribution of volitional regulation to the level of academic achievements in students.

Questions About Hyperkinesis Study

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 770-771
Author(s):  
Penny Axelrod ◽  
Jerome S. Haller
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
General Attitude ◽  
Social Maturity ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rating Instrument ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Neuromuscular Development

We are concerned with the findings and implications of the article by Huessy and Cohen (Pediatrics 57:4, January 1976). The authors designated students in their study as "hyperkinetic" based on a questionnaire completed by teachers. It assessed the "social maturity, neuromuscular development, academic performance, and general attitude and behavior." They validate their use of this questionnaire by citing its high correlation (.77) with a research instrument used by Conners.1 Conners finds, however, that his rating instrument measures primarily aggressive, disturbing behavior and is only "somewhat correlated with another factor which measures hyperactivity."

Interactive Art Applications (I-Apps) in the Development of Younger Learners' Creative Thinking

2017 ◽  
pp. 202-215
Author(s):  
Sylvia Vincent Stavridi
Keyword(s):  
Visual Art ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Interactive Art ◽  
School Students ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Core Content ◽  
Scientific World ◽  
Original Concept

Interactive art-based application is an informal approach to new creative learning methods, in which younger students are visually stimulated, and actively engaged to discover nature and grasp the original concept of core content areas in academic disciplines, such as science, mathematics and geometry from a broad perspective. This chapter tries to explore the means to further young children's creative thinking in today's techno-scientific world. But much of the analysis holds more generally for the intersection between visual art and interactive aesthetics, and how the exploration of visual art forms shapes new ways for primary school students to reform their creative practice to effectively interact in an increasingly smart setting. The chapter then concludes with a focus on the attribution of aesthetic value in integrating digital technologies with human ideas as an interactive tool to infuse immersive visual thinking into children's fun learning apps.

Institutional Research Using Data Mining

2011 ◽  
pp. 66-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constanta-Nicoleta Bodea ◽  
Vasile Bodea ◽  
Radu Mogos
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
Participatory Behavior ◽  
Student Profiles ◽  
Clustering And Classification ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Behavior

The aim of this chapter is to explore the application of data mining for analyzing academic performance in connection with the participatory behavior of the students enrolled in an online two-year Master degree program in project management. The main data sources were the operational database with the students’ records and the log files and statistics provided by the e-learning platform. One hundred eighty-one enrolled students, and more than 150 distinct characteristics/ variables per student were used. Due to the large number of variables, an exploratory data analysis through data mining was chosen, and a model-based discovery approach was designed and executed in Weka environment. The association rules, clustering, and classification were applied in order to identify the factors explaining the students’ performance and the relationship between academic performance and behavior in the virtual learning environment. Data mining has revealed interesting patterns in data. These patterns indicate that academic performance is related to the intensity of the student activities in virtual environment. If the student understands how to work and she/he is motivated to communicate with others, then he might have a good academic performance. Based on clustering analysis, different student profiles were discovered, explaining the academic performance. The results are very encouraging and suggest several future developments.

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